Lonely Planet India - August 2016

B UT back to the Gruyère cows – and to cream! The compact town of Murten by the lake – yes on the opposite shore from Môt ...

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You can’t help falling in love with the giant elephant at the Les Machines de l’Ile theme park in Nantes ...

WORDS VARDHAN KONDVIKAR FR CE GIVE PEACE A Taking children on holiday once they’re beyond the “Look birdie!” phase can mea ...

EASY EUROPE FRANCE FOR FAMILIES Ah Paris in the spring. Sunshine and bateaux mouches twinkling nights and cafés a lot of wine a ...

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T HE big eye sees me appraises and locks on with a definite gleam. The elephant raises his trunk sprays. I manage – just – t ...

The little fishing village of Trentemoult right outside Nantes is now a cool place at which to hang out and tuck into good seaf ...

F UNNY you don’t really hear much about the French seaside apart from the coruscation of the Cote d’Azur but there really is ...

1 3 and 6. La Baule and Guerande are known for their salt flats which give you fleur de sel and salted caramels to take home Th ...

J UST an hour north of Paris looms a rather pretty castle – Chantilly once again is great for both adults and kids. Apart from ...

The Somme Museum at Albert largely underground gives you a good idea of the horrors of trench warfare during World War I much of ...

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T RY to imagine the City of Love from an eight-year-old’s point of view. A big metal thing where you had to stand in a really ...

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PHOTOGRAPHS: LONELY PLANET IMAGES ALAMY LAST-MINUTE WINTER CAMBODIA Give the classics a rest and try something new the next time ...

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TRAVEL FOR VALUE EGYPT An inventive and delicious Ovaltine and banana dessert at Spice Market an Asian restaurant in the Meatpa ...